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Free online calendar from Incompetech is very useful kit if you want to create calendars but you don’t have the program in your PC. But of course you must be connected to the internet. The creating methods are very easy. You don’t have to be an expert to create calendars with this tool.

You want to impress your friends with temporary Main screen with your own “Search screen”. I said temporary, because it’s only the one display, when you key in your ‘search key’ then it will go back to Google again.

I bought Toshiba A205 because it has Intel 945 Intel Chipset and Intel Graphics Card which are compatible with Ubuntu with Compiz. The specification below is more than enough to run Gutsy with all its features.

Specification:

Processor : Inter Core Duo T2450

Ram : 1G

Hard disk : 120 GB

LCD : 15.4” WXGA

DVD : Super Multi Double Layer

Wireless : 802.11 a/b/g wireless LAN

CAM : Built in

Mic : Built in

Speaker : Harman Cardon

When I run Gutsy live CD, the ‘extra Visual Effects’ from System > Preferences > Appearance could run.

Then I found the problems which are:

NOT WORKING

No sound (Intel Sound Card still not supported by Ubuntu) (fixed with ALSA driver). You will surprise that my Sound Card works better with ALSA, louder and more clear compare to its original driver for Vista. The problem is I still can’t control the volume via my Volume Switch.

Built-in Mic

Working with Skype 2.

No Modem

I don’t need it anyway. I use LAN & Wireless LAN

No Web Cam

Working with Skype 2 and aMSN.

Keyboard function keys.

The only key function (Fn) that work are Fn+F10 and Fn+F11. That’s why I have problem when I try to use external screen or Projector. I found that there is a program named Keytouch can fix it. Unfortunetly, there is no module for A205 yet. I’ve tried to use module for another toshiba type but not working.

Multimedia buttons

Volume (When I tried first installation with ALSA driver, it didn’t work. But when I re-installed my Ubuntu and installed with the same ALSA driver, it works.)

I bought Linksys because the price is not too expensive and I’ve seen my friend use it with Linux. I choose Linksys WAP54G because that it was displayed at the store. There is no explanation that it can be run with Linux. The installation CD is only available for Windows. I though it’s ok, my friend use it so I’m sure that there will be no problem with me.

Then I called him, he said, “You can set it up using Web browser with IP address 192.168.1.1”. This is the default IP for most Linksys products. I turned on the device, plugged the network cable to my laptop, changed my IP address to 192.168.1.2, and test the connection with ping and got this message:

taufanlubis@toshiba:~$ ping 192.168.1.1

PING 192.168.1.1 (192.168.1.1) 56(84) bytes of data.

From 192.168.1.2 icmp_seq=1 Destination Host Unreachable

Mean that the default IP is different.

The only way to see the default IP is run with its CD installer and which I have to run it on windows. Lucky I still have my old PC that use XP. Finally, I found that the default IP is 192.168.1.245.

Set your IP address in the same subnet with Linksys IP.

First you set your have to set IP address in the same subnet with Linksys. If Linksys uses 192.168.1.245 then you can use from 192.168.1.1-192.168.1.244 or 192.168.1.246-192.168.1.254.

Well, everything is OK, now I can start to set the configuration using my Fire fox.

Before we go to that subject, I want to describe a bit about Linksys WAP54G that I use.

About Linksys WAP54G

Linksys WAP54G is product of Linksys-A division of Cisco System, Inc. It’s compatible with Wireless-B (802.11b) and Wireless-G (802.11g). Data rates up to 54Mbps in Wireless-G mode and up to 11Mbps in Wireless-B mode.

Please use apt-cdrom to make this CD-ROM recognized by APT. apt-get update cannot be used to add new CD-ROMs

Failed to fetch cdrom:[Ubuntu 7.10 _Gutsy Gibbon_ – Release i386 (20071016)]/dists/gutsy/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz Please use apt-cdrom to make this CD-ROM recognized by APT. apt-get update cannot be used to add new CD-ROMs

Failed to fetch cdrom:[Ubuntu 7.10 _Gutsy Gibbon_ – Release i386 (20071016)]/dists/gutsy/restricted/binary-i386/Packages.gz Please use apt-cdrom to make this CD-ROM recognized by APT. apt-get update cannot be used to add new CD-ROMs

Reading package lists… Done

E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

taufanlubis@toshiba:~$

If you want to use the DVD, you have to include it in Ubuntu Software Sources (System > Administration > Software Sources > Third party software > Add CD-ROM)

It’s the Ubuntu Counter Project which is like a miniature version of The Linux Counter. It aims to catalog the number of registered machines using the numerous variants of the Ubuntu Linux distribution.